Bedstead attachment.



No. 677,67l. Ptentd luly 2, |901. n. c. LAusEN.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT. (Ammann 'med Deh 21, moo.)

(No Model.)

uuanl'oz Qvluanca I a@ di 55% i a r f L attorno@ UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HANS C. LAUSEN, OF NEWMAN, CALIFORNIA.

BEDSTEAD ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 677,671, dated uly 2,1901.

Application filed December 21,1900. Serial No. 40,625. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HANS C.-LAUSEN, a citizen of the UnitedStatesfresidin g at Newman, county of Stanislaus, State of California,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BedsteadAttachments, of which the following is a specification. V

' This invention relates to bedstead attachments generally, and moreparticularly to guards adapted for attachment to the side rails of thebed to prevent the bedclothes from becoming displaced and the occupantsfrom rolling out.

The object of myinvention is the provision of an improved guard whichcan be readily attached to the side railof the bed and quickly andeasily swung into an upright position to prevent the occupants, such aschildren, of the bed from rolling or falling out, and also to retain thebedclothes on the bed and prevent them from slipping olf at one side orthe other of the bed when it is occupied.

The invention contemplates the provision of aguard of simple, strong,and inexpensive construction and ornamental appearance which can beeasily made ready for use and as quickly and easily swung down and outlof the way when not desired for use.

The invention consists of a bedstead-guard of improved constructioncomprising certain novel features and adaptations of parts, as fullydescribed hereinafter and set forth in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure'l is a perspective view of a metalbedstead equipped with my improved guards; Fig. 2, a detail Viewshowingthe side rail of the bed and a filling-block and parts of the device insection and illustrating by full and dotted lines, respectively, theposition of the plates when in raised and loweredpositions; Fig. 3, aVerticalsection in detail showing the manner of securing the plates tothe brackets, and Fig. 4 a perspective detail of one of the brackets.

The side railof abed of ordinary construction is shown at l, myimprovedguard being applied thereto, and it being understood that a guard willbe used on each side rail of the although it might be used under suchcircumstances. Each guard has two brackets 2, having a base'portionprovided with boltholes 3, through which pass bolts 4, with a yoke-plate5 underneath the side rail of the bed, said bolts being on oppositesides of the side rail. The brackets have upright porvtions 6, providedwith recesses or notches 7,

and having a boss S projecting from the face thereof. Each boss isinternally screwthreaded at 9. The guard itself is made by preference ofa wooden member lO of suitable height and length and has its inner face,or that which will face the bed, by preference properly padded at ll toprevent injury to children when they strike it, although such paddingcan be dispensed with. Depending from the ends of the guard proper areplates l2 and 13, provided with locking-lugs 14, adapted for receptionin the notches or recesses 7, and having elongated slots 15, throughwhich the bosses 8 loosely pass to give a loose pivotal connectionbetween the plates and the brackets. on the bosses, I provide washers 16and screws 17, passing therethrough, which. are screwed into the bosses.

The provision of the bosses relieves the screws from strain, inconsequence of which they will not become unloosened, as might be theirtendency ifV they constituted the pivotal connections themselves.

The guard is supposed to hang by gravity down at the side of the bedwhen not needed fornse; but when it is desirable to use the same it isswung upwardly into vertical position on the bosses as pivots and thenallowed to settle or drop (the length of the slots permitting this)until the locking-lugs have entered the notches or recesses in thebrackets, whereupon the guard will be locked in vertical or uprightposition and will prevent children or other occupants of the bed fromfalling out and also retain the bedclothes on the bed. The provision ofthe clamping device for securing the brackets to the side rail of thebed makes it possible to apply the device to the bed or remove ittherefrom with facility.

It is obvious that many changes might be resorted to in constructing theinvention without detracting from any of its advan- To retain the platesf tages, and do not therefore limit myself to the precise constructionherein shown and described,but consider that I am entitled to l all suchvariations and modifications as come within the spirit and scope of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a guard for bedsteads, the combination with brackets detachablyclamping the side rail of the bed at dilterent points of its length andprovided with upright plates dis-y posed substantially at right anglestothe side rail and provided witha notch in their upper portions, of aguard extending lengthwise of the bed having plates, a shifting or loosepivotal connection, between the plates on the guard and the uprightplates, said plates on the guard being each' equipped with a lug adaptedto enter the notch or recess, said lugs and recesses or notches beingpositioned to engage when the guard is in upright position, and theshifting or loose pivotal connections being such as to allow the guardto swing outwardly and downwardly.

,2. In a guard for bedsteads, the' combination with brackets detachablyclamping the side rail of the bed at diierent points of its length andprovided with upright plates disposed substantially at right angles tothe side rail which have bosses projecting from their faces and areprovided with notches in their upper portions, of a guard extendinglengthwise of the bed, plates connected to the guard which are providedwith elongated slots loosely receiving the bosses, said bossesconstituting pivots for the plates and receiving the strain,locking-lugs projecting from the plates attached to the guard andadapted to drop into the notches when the guard is in upright or raisedposition, thereby locking the guard, and screws threaded into the bossesand serving to retain the plates thereon.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HANS C. LAUSEN.

